Blue + green = Blueen

[yarek]

Hi,

 

As I live in a place where getting Pelikan, Waterman, Mont Blanc and maybe Sheaffer (if I would try very hard) inks is everything you can get, I have to experiment a little bit

 

So my favourite colors to mix are green and blue. Here you go with the sample.

I hope you can see the difference between different combinations.

 

When I do it for everyday purpose, I never really care for the ratios - I love the whole spectrum you can get from green and blue.

Mixing self-made Blue-Black with green gives also nice effects.

Hope you like it

 

2nd and 3rd looks almost the same... Believe me, there is a difference on the page

 

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Waterman Green and Parker Quink Blue,

1:4,

1:2 and

1:1.

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http://www.yo-yo.pl/sample3.JPG

 

Sorry for a drop of water that found its way to the page. :/

Edited June 13, 2012 by saskia_madding

[rosey]

Thank you for sharing. I can't wait to try these mixes. I have the inks you mentioned so I can start right away!

[kissing]

I was about to say "Isnt blue+green Aqua?", but i see from the pictures that your mixture isnt quite so

 

Nice "Blueen" colour there

[Margana]

I like your mixes. Gives me a good excuse to order some new ink.

[meanwhile]

You've inspired me to try adding some Herbin Ivy to blue Quink tonight!

 

Then I might try adding some Aurora Black..

[yarek]

Some thoughts connected with this "Blueen" thing

 

- I know this might be not really clever thing, but I like to put different ink in the pen without flushing it first - I can see the color variation (spectrum? ) when going trough the page - I like that effect.

- mixing blue - black with green also looks nice I think. It is something like 'dirty'

green.

- some mixes (I think the same is with non-mixed ones) look different in different pens , so I always like to test it in couple of pens.

 

Think it is all. I'm happy to know that some of you found my mix interesting.

[Peregrin]

That looks great. I'll need to try some mixing soon.

[kissing]

Hmm, I'm gonna try that "Spectrum" thing today

[Slush99]

that's pretty cool.

[Goodwhiskers]

Thanks, yarek! Necessity does have some beautiful children.

[krz]

That's one of the few paints i still mix for myself on my watercolor palette. Now I know the proper name, Blueen!

[sonia_simone]

Varek, I do the same thing sometimes, swap out ink colors without flushing. I like to go from brown to green to purple & back to brown.

 

Cheap thrills.